Obesity is a crisis of public health in general, however, overweight and obesity problem is also more likely among people with severe mental illness, according to a new report, which was released on October 3, 2008 National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
Conclusions and recommendations of the report, in the 22 th September issue of Mental Health Weekly, the magazine first major deviation from the media to inform the public of this new technical report.
NASMHPD calls crisis "epidemic epidemic" and say that I hope that the new report, we are on the way to improve the system, care and treatment for people, SMI.
Specific recommendations, if implemented, should significantly reduce weight and improve overall health, SMI, after NASMHPD. "This report can be viewed as a call for mobilization of additional prevention and intervention strategies for people with SMI, which are struggling with problems of obesity," said Robert W. Glover, Ph.D., executive director of NASMHPD.
The report also notes that some drugs can cause weight gain for people with SMI, and notes that medicines that are more neutral weight should be considered by doctors. "The medical intervention is necessary to avoid the problems associated with the drug can lead to obesity and behavior, counseling and treatment, drugs for weight loss, and surgery," said Joseph Parks, MD, President of directors NASMHPD Medical Council and medical director of Missouri Department of Mental Health. The report, obesity and prevention strategies for persons with severe mental illness, 15 in a series of technical reports. Two years ago, NASMHPD published its report, morbidity and mortality among persons with severe mental disorders, which found that people with SMI die 25 years earlier than the general population.
In its new report, NASMHPD has a number of recommendations at national, state and local level. These recommendations include the implementation of a national obesity surveillance and monitoring systems for people with SMI and promotion opportunities in health care, including specialists in pairs to teach the life, health for families, individuals and the elderly.
Mental Health Weekly contains information on trends in business, government funding and political matters, litigation and much more. The publication is a reliable source for community mental health program directors, administrators of hospitals and other mental health profession.
source : John Wiley & Sons
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